Overview
- The Stormers, unbeaten at the top of the URC, face the Bulls at DHL Stadium on Saturday at 18:00 SAST after confirming a full-strength matchday squad.
- Damian Willemse marks his 100th Stormers start at inside centre outside Wandisile Simelane, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu returning at flyhalf alongside Cobus Reinach; Ali Vermaak and JD Schickerling start up front and Ruan Ackermann comes in at openside.
- The Bulls restore captain Ruan Nortje, bring Marco van Staden into the back row and shift Canan Moodie to centre, while Handré Pollard starts at flyhalf and Willie le Roux at fullback with Paul de Wet at scrumhalf.
- The Sharks host the Lions in Durban at 15:30 SAST with teams named, as the Sharks build under JP Pietersen and the Lions include Junior Bok scrumhalf Haashim Pead on the bench.
- Ulster confirmed Iain Henderson’s return from injury to captain their side against Munster in Friday’s interprovincial fixture in Belfast.